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Little Beaver Lake (11NPSWRD_WQX-PIRO_05) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Little Beaver Lake" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PIRO_05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04020201.

This site is located in Alger County County, Michigan at 46.5578801200 degrees latitude and -86.3612422470 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-PIRO_05" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2007 - 2024
Not Assigned 2007 - 2024
Physical 2007 - 2024
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PIRO_05
MonitoringLocationName Little Beaver Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is located at Little Beaver Lake, at a deep area of the lake northeast of the boat launch. Original target location (46.5594, -86.3617) was moved in 2021 to reflect where surveys have generally been done and to the likely z-max.
HUCEightDigitCode 04020201
LatitudeMeasure 46.5578801200
LongitudeMeasure -86.3612422470
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET